Background
Foley, John Patrick Cardinal was born on November 11, 1935 in Darby, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Edward and Regina Beatrice (Vogt) Foley.
Foley, John Patrick Cardinal was born on November 11, 1935 in Darby, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Edward and Regina Beatrice (Vogt) Foley.
Bachelor summa cum laude, St. Josephs College, Philadelphia, 1957. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, 1985. Bachelor, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, 1958.
Philosophy, University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1965. Master of Science magna cum laude, Columbia University, 1966.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Allentown College, Pennsylvania, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Catholic University America, 1996. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), John Cabot University, 1998.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. John's University, 2001. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Portland, 2007. Department of Science and Technology (honorary), Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1997.
Doctor in Journalism (honorary), Regis University, 1997.
Ordained priest Diocese of Philadelphia, 1962. Assistant pastor Sacred Heart Church, Havertown, Pennsylvania, 1962—1963. Rome correspondent Catholic Standard & Times, Philadelphia, 1963—1965.
Assistant pastor St. John the Evangelist Church, 1966. Faculty Cardinal Dougherty High School, 1966—1967. Associate professor philosophy St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 1967—1984.
Ordained bishop, 1984. Archbishop, president Pontifical Council for Social Communications, 1984—2005. Titular archbishop Neapolis in Proconsulari, 1984—2005.
Elevated to cardinal, 2007. Grand master Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, since 2007. Cardinal-deacon S. Sebastiano al Palatino, since 2007.
Vice-chairman Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission, 1979—1984. Appointed president Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, Vatican City, 1984. President Vatican television Center, 1984—1989.
Board governors International Eucharistic Congress, 1974—1976. Member Pontifical Council for Culture, since 1993, Commission for Latin America, 1984—1989. Communications committee United States Catholic Conference, 1979—1982.
News secretary general meetings National Conference Catholic Bishops, 1969—1984.
Member regional board directors National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1969-1982. Member American Catholic History Society (Barry award 1997), American Catholic Philosophical Association, Catholic Press Association (St. Francis de Sales award 1984).